Bloomberg names new heads of planning commission, EDC.Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced several key appointments to his administration, three of whom will be directly involved with the real estate industry. Amanda Burden became chairman of the City Planning Commission, Michael Carey--formerly president of the Economic Development Corporation--was named special assistant to the mayor, and Andrew Alper was named president of the EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. . Carey's responsibilities will include advising the mayor on capital construction projects affecting the Board of Education, School Construction Authority, CUNY CUNY City University of New York , and the Housing Authority, according to a press release. The EDC's new president worked as an investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. at Goldman, Sachs for 20 years. "Andy has the skills of an experienced manager, a consensus builder and a good listener to strategically lead New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. into the future," said Bloomberg. Incoming CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. chairman Burden was a member of the commission before, and has held various other positions such as director of planning at the Center for Court Innovation, vice president of planning and design at the Battery Park City Authority The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side and vice president of architecture and design at the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Urban Development Corporation. "Amanda Burden has the experience to energize the (CPC's) efforts in order to bolster the physical vitality and economy of our city. When we plan our city, we plan our future and Amanda will help set the right course for New York," said Bloomberg of her appointment. Stephen Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, called Burden a "knowledgeable" person with whom he has had "a good working relationship." "The right kind of development will ensue under her leadership," said Spinola, who credited Burden's eye for "design criteria." An article in the New York Observer last week suggested that not all real estate executives are pleased with the choice. "Amanda is very opinionated, and I think that sometimes people in the real estate community, who are very used to having their own way, may have a problem with that," said zoning attorney Jesse Masyr in the article. Burden replaces Joseph Rose as chairman of the CPC. Rose, however, will retain a consulting position with the CPC. |
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